UNION BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY

This church cemetery is located in Cleveland County, N.C. in No. 8
Township on a road leading from Shelby to Casar, and is about seven
miles north of Shelby, N.C.

Owner of Cemetery: Union Baptist Church

Approximate number of marked graves: 161
 Unmarked graves: 175

Earliest marked grave: James W. Mauney, d. Sept. 18, 1866

General condition of cemetery: In fair condition.

Date of survey: 20 Oct, 1939
Workers: Forest Williams and Anson G. Melton

Inscriptions:

White, Jasper O.
B. June 4, 1822
D. May 19, 1897
"Who is buried at the White family
 cemetery."

White, Ricy M.?
B. June 25, 1835
D. Aug. 11, 1929

Campbell, G. C.
B. Aug. 4, 1835
D. Nov. 23, 1917

Campbell, Infant daughter of
 R. E. & E. M. Campbell
May 16, 1911

Campbell, Infant son of
 R. E. & E. M. Campbell
Mar. 17, 1910

Campbell, Infant son of
 R. E. & E. M. Campbell
May 25, 1906

Yelton, John W.
B. Oct. 15, 1846
D. June 17, 1924

Yelton, Nancy E.
B. Mar. 27, 1848
D. Mar. 12, 1925

Powell, Jane W., wife of
 H. H. Powell
B. Jan. 10, 1832
D. April 8, 1915
Aged: 83 yrs., 3 mos., 28 ds.

McEntire, S. M.
B. June 15, 1851
D. Aug. 19, 1915

Phillips, Hester
B. Mar. 12, 1864
D. Oct. 2, 1915

Yelton, Wilburn Charles, son of
 W. F. & R. M. Yelton
B. July 25, 1912
D. June 2, 1913

Gold, William
B. Sept. 17, 1853
D. July 12, 1908

Martin, George
B. & D. 1912

Gantt, Ellen
B. & D. 1912

Grigg, Mary, wife of
 E. F. Grigg
B. Sept. 12, 1877
D. Nov. 2, 1909

Gantt, Dellcenia
B. 1873
D. 1908

Gantt, Davia [listed as Davis in
 "Original Index.]
B. 1891
D. 1903

Elliott, Infant son of
 C. H. & Alma Elliott
B. & D. 1910

Elliott, Helen E., daughter of
 C. H. & Alma Elliott
B. Oct. 18, 1904
D. June 8, 1906

Williamson, Caleb
B. Nov. 22, 1857
D. Oct. 25, 1887

Champion, E. Z.
B. Nov. 3, 1847
D. Sept. 11, 1903

Connor, P. H.
B. June 3, 1845
D. Nov. 1, 1927
Co. E. 12th N.C. Reg.

Hawkins, G. M.
B. July 20, 1825
D. Mar. 16, 1890

Hawkins, Delia, wife of
 G. W. Hawkins
B. Sept. 26, 1822
D. May 24, 1900

Hamrick, Ettie
B. June 12, 1885
D. May 12, 1891

McEntire, G. Bynum
B. July 2, 1896
D. Sept. 26, 1918
U.S. Field Artilery

Mauney, Marcus M.
B. Sept. 23, 1844
D. Nov. 9, 1917

Mauney, Sarah, wife of
 M. M. Mauney
B. Mar. 27, 1857
D. April 6, 1886

Mauney, Infant son of
 S. S. & S. P. Mauney
B. & D. Oct. 7, 1906

Mauney, Infant son of
 M. M. & M. F. Mauney
B. Aug. 29, 1894
D. (No date)

Mauney, James W., son of
 J. W. & C. V. Mauney
B. Feb. 15, 1876
D. Sept. 18, 1886

Bogan, Essie J., daughter of
 J. W. Mauney
B. April 6, 1878
D. Aug. 26, 1905

Bartee, Glen Paul, son of
 F. M. & M. L. Bartee
B. Jan. 16, 1908
D. April 29, 1908

McEntire, Martha, wife of
 Henry A. McEntire
B. Sept. 23, 1875
D. Oct. 25, 1918

Keeter, Mildere, daughter of
 J. H. & M. J. Keeter
B. Feb. 16, 1907
D. Feb. 24, 1909

Haynes, Minnie Alice, wife of
 L. R. Haynes
B. July 3, 1872
D. July 17, 1908

Keeter, Avalona
B. April 25, 1910
D. Mar. 16, 1913

Kawkins, W. A. [Per text; listed as
 Hawkins in 'Original Index"]
B. June 27, 1834
D. Nov. 17, 1896

Connor, Mary Ann
B. June 1, 1847
D. Jan. 12, 1888
Buried at Zion.

Conner, Caroline
B. Nov. 7, 1847
D. April 5, 1926

Melton, Robert G., son of
 Mr. & Mrs. B. M. Melton
B. May 31, 1910
D. April 26, 1920

Leail, Sophia Louisa
B. Aug. 8, 1877
D. April 4, 1914
Aged: 36 years

Gantt, Dorris
B. 1887
D. 1909

Gantt, Everett
B. 1902
D. 1908

Gantt, Julia May
B. 1905
D. 1908

Weathers, Florence Campbell
B. Aug. 9, 1873
D. Jan. 13, 1917

Goforth, S.
B. April 1, 1821
D. Dec. 31, 1887

Goforth, Margaret, wife of
 Samuel Goforth
B. April 12, 1822
D. Aug. 16, 1889

Glascow, D. F.
B. Feb. 15, 1850
D. Oct. 13, 1919

Glascow, Lillian
B. Mar. 2, 1878
D. Mar. 22, 1892

Goforth, Cora E., daughter of
 Jane Goforth
B. Aug. 6, 1876
D. Feb. 17, 1889

Hicks, C. V.
B. Oct. 7, 1860
D. Feb. 10, 1895

Hicks, Mrs. C. A.
B. Feb. 14, 1860
D. June 19, 1929

Hicks, B. G.
B. 1886
D. 1887

Hicks. W. M.
B. 1881
D. 1898

Hicks, J. B.
B. 1884
D. 1902

Hamrick, James
B. July 23, 1829
D. Dec. 5, 1905

Lovelace, Margaret
B. Mar. 1, 1856
D. Mar. 13, 1908

Parker, Eliza P.
B. Jan. 8, 1838
D. Oct. 28, 1908

Parker, Daviney
2nd Lt. Co. F. 29 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
[No dates]

Green, Zeneath M., daughter of
 Mr. & Mrs. O. P. Green
B. April 30, 1888
D. Oct. 9, 1889

Champion, E. Z.
B. Nov. 3, 1847
D. Sept. 11, 1903

Powell, William Kelly
Sept. 8, 1911
[Only date listed.]

Powell, Marvin
B. Nov. 12, 1880
D. Sept. 2, 1912

Powell, Mary
B. Jan. 15, 1858
D. July 23, 1912

Powell, Nancy E. Mauney
B. April 8, 1833
D. Nov. 22, 1907

Powell, Mamie
B. May 30, 1898
D. Oct. 6, 1902

Powell, Stonewall
B. Mara.26, 1892
D. July 24, 1912

Powell, Marcus M.
B. June 2, 1895
D. Oct. 5, 1912

Lovelace, George
B. Mar. 14, 1903
D. April 28, 1903

Lovelace, Bessie
Feb. 1, 1912
[Only date listed.]

Lovelace, Cyntha Jane
B. Oct. 18, 1846
D. (No date)

Short, Infant daughter of
 O. F. & L. E. Short
Oct.1902

Sweezy, Sarah J.
B. Aug. 21, 1874
D. Feb. 28, 1898

Powell, I. L.
Corp., Co. F. N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)
[No dates]

Powell, Grover
B. May 21, 1885
D. Mar. 16, 1907

Powell, Hester
B. Oct.8, 1855
D. Aug. 6, 1905

Powell, Sankey
B. June1, 1881
D. Aug. 13, 1906

Weaver, Henry
Co. K. 46 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)
[No dates]

Daggerhart, Betty
Sept. 7, 1913
[Only date shown.]

Ramsey, Jane E. Crowder, wife of
 J. W. Ramsey
B. 1836
D. 1904

Bowers, Anderson
Co. A., 49 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
[No dates]

Dixon, Susanna
B. 1820
D. 1907

Dixon, S. E.
B. 1851
D. 1929

Dixon, Sarah B.
B. 1858
D. 1911

Dixon, J. M.
B. 1861
D. 1903

Dixon, Thomas E.
"Buried at Zion Church"
B. 1823
D. 1862

Dixon, John
B. 1792
D. 1859
"Buried at Nolan Graveyard.}

Dixon, Betsey
"Buried at Nolan Graveyard."
B. 1798
D. 1881

Padgett, Judith, wife of
 W. A. Padgett
B. Dec. 10, 1840
D. Mar. 15, 1907

Philbeck, J. S.
B. Oct. 24, 1849
D. Dec. 24, 1895

Philbeck, S. J.
Sept. 18, 1854
[Only date shown.]

Pruett, J. W.
B. Oct. 24, 1881
D. Oct. 16, 1903

Fisher, Isaac
Mallett's Guards, C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)
B. Oct. 6, 1815
D. Mar. 17, 1911

Mauney, Jacob
Co. M. 16 N.C. Inf. C.S.A.
(Govt. Marker)
[No dates]

Mauney, John
B. Feb. 2, 1804
D. Jan. 11, 1892

Mauney, Sarah E.
B. Jan. 10, 1810
D. Jan. 15, 1892
Aged: 82 years

Bailey, Richard T.
B. Aug. 15, 1825
D. Mar. 11, 1912

Bailey, Elizabeth A., wife of
 Richard Bailey
B. July 16, 1933
D. Nov. 23, 1919

Floyd, Elizabeth Francis, wife of
 G. P. Floyd
B. Feb. 12, 1863
D. May 17, 1900

Bridges, W. B.
B. June 6, 1838
D. April 7, 1906

Bridges, Mary, wife of
 W. B. Bridges
B. July 6, 1840
D. Feb. 18, 1916
Aged: 75 years

Bridges, Florence G., daughter of
 H. H. & M. M. Bridges
B. July 31, 1886
D. Feb. 6, 1906

Bridges, Margaret M., wife of
 R. H. Bridges
B. Jan. 26, 1845
D. Nov. 18, 1898

Pruett, L. A., wife of
 W. C. Pruett
B. Oct. 29, 1827
D. April 23, 1900

Hawkins, H. H.
B. Jan. 30, 1882
D. Oct. 18, 1897

Hefner, Hattie
B. 1862
D. 1898
"Buried at Zion."

Mode, Eleanor, wife of
 John Mode
B. 1810
D. Mar. 1898

Mode, John
B. 1798
D. 1893

Heffner, Carlo, son of
 P. P. & L. E. Heffner
B. July 5, 1911
D. June 5, 1913

Bridges, Sarah S.
B. June 29, 1857
D. Oct. 3, 1930

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